Samuel Gordon DAILY

(1823-1866)

DAILY, Samuel Gordon, a
Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska; born in Trimble County,
Ky., in 1823; moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Ind., in
1824; attended the common schools and Hanover (Ind.) College;
studied law; was admitted to the bar at Indianapolis and commenced
practice in Madison, Ind.; unsuccessful candidate of the Free-Soil
Party for election to the State legislature; moved to Indianapolis
and engaged in the cooperage business; moved to Nebraska Territory
in 1857 and settled in Peru, Nemaha County; built a sawmill on the
Missouri River; member of the Territorial house of representatives
in 1858; successfully contested as a Republican the election of
Experience Estabrook to the Thirty-sixth Congress; reelected to the
Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses and served from May 18,
1860, to March 3, 1865; appointed deputy collector of customs in
New Orleans at the special request of President Lincoln in March
1865, which position he held until his death in New Orleans, La.,
August 15, 1866; interment in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Peru,
Nebr.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present